Proclamation 4904 -- Termination of Increased Rates of Duty on Certain Mushrooms and
Technical Corrections in the Tariff Schedules of the United States

Proclamation 4904 -- Termination of Increased Rates of Duty on Certain Mushrooms and
Technical Corrections in the Tariff Schedules of the United States

February 27, 1982
By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

1. By Proclamation 4801 of October 29, 1980, the President proclaimed increased duties on
certain types of mushrooms, prepared or preserved, provided for in item 144.20 of the Tariff
Schedules of the United States (TSUS) (19 U.S.C. 1202). These increased duties were to be
effective from November 1, 1980, through October 31, 1983, unless modified or terminated
earlier. This action was taken under the following legal provisions: sections 202(b), 202(c), 203,
and 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (the Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2252(b), 2252(c), 2253, and
2483).

2. I have determined, pursuant to section 203(h)(4) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253(h)(4)),
after taking into account the advice of the U.S. International Trade Commission and after seeking
the advice of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor as required by that section,
that it is in the national interest to terminate the increased rates of duty currently in effect on
imports of certain mushrooms now provided for in item 922.55 of the TSUS and to retain the
increased rates of duties on imports of other mushrooms now provided for in that item.

3. I have further determined that certain technical corrections to the TSUS are necessary to
embody therein, pursuant to section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), the substance of
relevant provisions of actions undertaken within the authority of the Trade Act; and that, pursuant
to section 301, title 3 of the United States Code, responsibility for arranging for the certification
by foreign government officials of ``certified hand-loomed and folklore'' products be assigned to
the United States Trade Representative, and that pending completion of such arrangements, the
detailed description contained in the definition of such products be removed from the TSUS. I
have further determined that TSUS item 141.84, ``kidney beans in airtight containers'' established
by Presidential Proclamation 4707 of December 11, 1979, has no classification effect since kidney
beans were already provided for at a superior level in the classification hierarchy of the TSUS.

Therefore, pursuant to section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2483), to make a technical
correction to the TSUS, I have determined that TSUS item 141.84 should be deleted from the
tariff schedules.

4. By Proclamation 4768 of June 28, 1980, the President modified the TSUS by adding numerous
provisions to schedule 4 thereof for ``products provided for in the Chemical Appendix to the
Tariff Schedules'' and by adding a Chemical Appendix to the TSUS. This action was taken under
the authority of section 503(a)(1) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (93 Stat. 251). The
Chemical Appendix lists chemicals and products which the President has determined were
imported into the United States before January 1, 1978, or were produced in the United States
before May 1, 1978. I have determined pursuant to section 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C.
2483), that certain products included in the Chemical Appendix are properly classifiable in other
items in schedule 4 of the TSUS, that their inclusion in the Chemical Appendix was a technical
error of no classification effect, and that these products should therefore be deleted from the
Chemical Appendix to the TSUS.

5. By Proclamation 4884 of November 13, 1981, the President proclaimed increased duties on
certain high-carbon ferrochromium, provided for in TSUS item 607.31, effective through
November 15, 1982. This action was taken under the authority of section 203 of the Trade Act
(19 U.S.C. 2253). A technical error was made in incorporating these increased rates in the TSUS,
in that the measure of assessment was incomplete.

6. By Proclamation 4887 of December 23, 1981, the President proclaimed import fees on certain
sugars, sirups, and molasses, provided for in TSUS items 155.20 and 155.30. These import fees
were imposed under the authority of section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 624), and were made effective as of December 24, 1981. A technical error was made in
incorporating these import fees in the TSUS, in that the measure of assessment was
incomplete.

Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, acting under the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, including sections
203 and 604 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2253 and 2483), section 22 of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 624), and in accordance with Article XIX of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A58; 8 UST (pt. 2) 1786), do proclaim
that --

(1) Part I of Schedule XX to the GATT is modified to take into account the actions taken in
paragraphs (5) and (6) below and in the Annexes to this proclamation.

(2) The TSUS is modified as set forth in the Annexes to this proclamation.

(3) Annexes II and III to Presidential Proclamation 4707 of December 11, 1979, are amended as
provided in Annex II to this proclamation.

(4) Annex II to Presidential Proclamation 4768 of June 28, 1980, is amended as provided in
Annex II to this proclamation.

(5) Subpart A, part 2 of the Appendix to the TSUS is amended by inserting, in the columns titled
Rates of Duty 1 and 2 of item 923.18, the symbol ``
'' after ``4.625'' in each column. This
modification is effective as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on
or after November 16, 1981.

(6) Part 3 of the Appendix to the TSUS is amended by inserting, in the column entitled Rates of
Duty (Section 22 fees) for items 956.05, 956.15, and 957.15, the symbol ``
'' after the numeral
which precedes the word ``per'' in each such item. This modification is effective as to articles
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after December 24, 1981.

(7) The modifications of Part I of Schedule XX to the GATT and of the Appendix to the TSUS
made by Annex I hereto shall be effective as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after March 1, 1982, and before the close of October 31, 1983, unless the
period of their effectiveness is earlier expressly suspended, terminated, or modified.

(8) The remaining modifications made by paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) hereof shall be effective
as to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the third day
following publication of this proclamation in the Federal Register.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of Feb., in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and eighty-two, and of the Independence of the United States of America the
two hundred and sixth.

Ronald Reagan

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:53 a.m., March 1, 1982]

Note: The annexes to the proclamation are printed in the Federal Register of March 2, 1982.

The text of the proclamation was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on March 1.